active directory - allow users to login to OWA and Sharepoint site only, not interactive on desktop PC
Hi there
So we have a requirement to allow certain users to login to their email via OWA and to a Sharepoint site but they should not be permitted to logon to the network in the office on a PC and therefore no access to shared drives etc.
Is there a way to do this in group policy or another way?
many thanks
So we have a requirement to allow certain users to login to their email via OWA and to a Sharepoint site but they should not be permitted to logon to the network in the office on a PC and therefore no access to shared drives etc.
Is there a way to do this in group policy or another way?
many thanks
Hypercat (Deb)
Have you tried setting their "Log on to" in the AD user properties? I'm not sure that works, though, I seem to recall in the past admins having a problem with this method. Another possibility would be to create a special global group with restricted rights and then give that group only the necessary rights to log on to the Sharepoint and OWA sites. For Sharepoint, they would also need the necessary NTFS permissions to access any documents or other services and/or storage areas on your network to use the data that is being served through the Sharepoint site.
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Mahesh, i ended up using pretty much your solution.
thanks!
This is what i did:
Create a group "Users Denied Interactive Logon", and make the relevant users a member.
Create a Group Policy Object (GPO) linked at the root of the domain called "Deny Interactive Logon"
In the "User Rights Assignment" subnode of the "Local Policies" subnode of the "Security Settings" subnode of the "Windows Settings" subnode of the "Computer Configuration" node I would add "Deny log on locally" permission for "Users Denied Interactive Logon" group.
thanks!
This is what i did:
Create a group "Users Denied Interactive Logon", and make the relevant users a member.
Create a Group Policy Object (GPO) linked at the root of the domain called "Deny Interactive Logon"
In the "User Rights Assignment" subnode of the "Local Policies" subnode of the "Security Settings" subnode of the "Windows Settings" subnode of the "Computer Configuration" node I would add "Deny log on locally" permission for "Users Denied Interactive Logon" group.